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Hi Tracy
lol yes he was starving. Glad I handled it ok. Glad you like my cone 🤣
I will add more play breaks in.

Today I did a rental with a friend at Dash. Got to see Tammy and Beth’s litter of BC puppies too. Dublin played with my friends BC puppy prior to these sessions and I was worried he would be too tired. Other then handler and helper messing on the blind session I am pleased. He had never been to dash before. We did focus forward and blind cross. I got confused on how to do the blind to the deceleration and turn. Need help with toy mechanics.

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Hi Tracy
I found the hamper thing but it is storing some of my daughter’s old toys so I need to empty that. In the meantime I created a taller cone 🤣. I started the session holding a bag of treats. That was hard for him especially since it was past his lunch time. He started the game. Hopefully I handled that ok.

Next we tried some sends with food again. I tried to engage him more before as per your instructions. See some good and then I think I did something wrong and he was following the hands with the food.

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Hi Tracy
Yes he was funny with the basket. Last night at star puppy class they had low wood box that the dogs could get on or in. He had no issues of course 🤣

Thanks for the on the road plan ideas. I think there are cones at Dash and I can bring my bowls. If I go it will be Saturday or Sunday.

For the wraps is the idea to have something round? I might have a pop up round basket but have to look. I have a variety of wings in the basement and other uprights. I have a few bigger boxes too.

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Hi Tracy
Thanks. Agreed he is cute and brilliant but also a typical puppy 😂. Yes happy to have him train my husband too 🤣

Thanks for the info on taking on the road. I think the focus forward and drive to handler are good ones to start with him. We had done a fun run the other day and played musical tugs in the ring. I honestly think he will tug anywhere. I will see if I can get ring rental at Dash or the farm this weekend. It is supposed to be brutally cold 🥶 Let me known if you think I should try anything different or if you have suggestions for plan. Not sure if I will have helper to hold him but can check around.

We did the other sends and then the wing wrap with a clothes basket. I tried food this time for the sends. I will try a toy the next time. I thought they went well again. I need to remember how many sends I do to each side. Do you suggest repeating same side vs every other side?

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Here is our session from today. He seemed a little more tired. He played pretty hard with Aspen earlier today so thinking that might be it. We also did an outing yesterday afternoon to a local dog friendly mall. It is very cold outside here 😢. It was good outing. Lots of watching. We stopped on a small carpet area and played tug too. No other games. Tug was very good.

Wing wrap and sends: I thought it all went well. On the sends I wasn’t sure if he touched a few. Hoping what I did was ok.

Eek! The joys of confident puppies… it means puppy-proofing access to all the things to climb on LOL!

oh he has been a real challenge. He will be a good trick dog though. Loves to pull Kleenex from a box. He is also teaching my husband to watch where he puts the remote and his glasses 🤣

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Hi Tracy
Here is the video of his temperament test. He was the green boy. I will add some of our games later today.

When we do multiple things like the blind to the deceleration turn is that considered one or two games. Wondering when I take these on the road of if I can do that along with one of the other games? Trying to not over do with him but also take advantage of any rentals or classes.

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Hi Tracy

For the tug release he won’t always drop for another tug. It is actually funny to see him carry the 1st one in his mouth while trying to get the 2nd. I will keep working on it.

Today we played goat again. His breeder did a lot with the litter climbing on things. He even flew over items in his temperament test. I do have video copy of that if you would like to see it too. He has little fear of climbing which isn’t good when he gets on the couch and tries to surf the end tables 🙄

We also did recall with three items. The book and Klimb leg again and then a new box. I was wondering do I need to do the warm up each time and put the item down or can I set up then bring him into the room?

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Hi Tracy
Today Dublin seems much better. I still worked with his kibble for food.

4 or 5 feet to the side or anywhere not near you when you stop moving. If there is something next to your near you when you are facing hi, it looks similar to shaping sessions where you are wanting him to interact with the object. So having it to the side and you aren’t near it when you stop moving and reward him, I think it will be something he ignores more easily

The space I have is narrow so I am not sure I can do 4 feet. I rewatched your video and the object was further in front of you. Should I try that?

Today we did prop game 1-sends and also the wrapping around a box. Of course the box was a goat trick too 😂

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Hi Tracy

Thanks. He mainly got his food for the training yesterday and that seemed to help his tummy. I will have to check into maybe just using some chicken for training. He will work for kibble but it isn’t enough for some training.

He might be right at the beginning of adolescence, where we see these sensitivities for sure. The sensitive periods in the brain develop at different times, so it is possible he is in a sensitive period now.

The little guy is three months old today so maybe he is in sensitive period. He is very different than my other goldens lol.

Today we will take a break and I will try to stick to the two games in the future. I had thought maybe doing a couple of sessions 3-4 hours apart might be ok.

You can put several objects around for him to walk all over during his goat games, and even pile them up a bit!

We have done a sniffari with all kinds of things out and treats scattered around. It had wobble board and all kinds of other things. He climbed about and got all the treats on his own time. I did video and I thought he did well. He loves to climb. It actually gets him into trouble 😂. I have not stacked things but will give that a try.

So you can do recalls where you are moving away from him and have the object further away so it is not potentially something he thinks we want him to offer behavior on.

How far away? To side more or maybe behind me?

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Hi Tracy

We did a couple of sessions today with some of his breakfast and lunch kibble. He has been having some tummy issues with all the treats. I hope it is ok but I just combined into one video. I question if Dublin is going through some fear period or something he was a little off yesterday with noise from snowplow and garbage truck in the am and then barking at his own reflection later that night. Today he was barking at the bag I used for the neutral object. I had thought about doing an outing for resilience walk but not sure now.

Wing wrap: I don’t have a barrel. I tried three cones together and I thought it went well. I do have a larger wing I can try.

Goat trick game: I tried my Cato board and a fit bone. I messed up on rewarding a little bit thought those went well. He does like to climb over things lol.

Front foot target on the mat went great.

Double turns on the come to handler. I thought went ok. I wasn’t quite right on timing. Will try that one again.

Recalls with neutral. Did a book, leg to my Klimb and plastic bag. It was very interesting how he responded. The Klimb leg just made me laugh but barking at the bag I wasn’t sure how to respond to.

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Hi Tracy
Yes the hat for the foot target shaping was the same as with the bag. I will try it again over the weekend. Should I continue to try the hat or something else?
I read over the goat game and since we are having issues with shaping I thought better than to try it today. Also try to figure what item to use. He has seen a bit to climb on and totally loves my Klimb. We have worked with my Cato board a little but not in the last two weeks. I have paw targets, a ceramic pot and step stool I use for pivoting. Foam pads too. Should I do four feet item or two?

Today we tried the blind cross. Since the mechanics are new I just did that and didn’t combine with the turn. I will be honest having the toy in that hand makes me nervous since my older golden tripped me when I had it like that when he was puppy. I went down very hard. I got confused what side I was working too but Dublin didn’t seem to care.

Wrap session 2. I think it went ok. My mechanics with moving cone was harder lol. I wonder until he get it if I leaned in or out might work? Or even used my legs as block? Unless you think that might be too much pressure?

Based on Dublins lack of interest in things I put down also trying to figure item to use for my novel neutral for the next game. Do you want to see his cookie recall? It is pretty much like his other game.

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Thinking we need to take a day or two off from foot target. Tried the hat, a bag and then the mat I mentioned. I went too long on the mat session. Maybe some latent learning will help.

Hat:https://youtu.be/fdCKi–WmZY?si=RhSdx4_S4LOXGloE

Bag:https://youtu.be/bUWQDyqg2YU?si=NN_ZZU6yiCtSsNiI

Mat:https://youtu.be/mS3JZNpwVUs?si=gko9cHdkR3icvsTH

Two bowl with cone: well besides the handler error of spilling treats I thought it went well lol. Should I change to jump upright?

Drive ahead: he likes this game. Not sure what I should do next for it? Not sure I ran soon enough and know could run faster. https://youtu.be/VOX5qKjEhX4?si=kOd-Y0vr2PpKKdep

Drive to handler: other than my timing on a couple thought this went well too.

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Hi Tracy

Foot Target. Agreed not sure on the hat for him. I had started playing with front feet on a small piece of rubber mat that I was going to use for his fitness. Would that be ok? Or should I stick with something more random. I can look for a box.

I moved to the basement for more room. A little more noise distraction there but I think we worked through it ok. He had accidentally tipped my Cato plank prior to this and startled himself 🥲 I think the toy play helped refocus. Yes he Loves toy play and I think food is ok too. I was questioning doing the same games a second day but since we are adding more room and next steps thought would give it a try. I think it went pretty well and am excited to hear your thoughts.

Drive forward: https://youtu.be/fsiHGQHqTaY?si=UFYVkjKfTrkA6pnB

Deceleration: https://youtu.be/96ln-1YTb6U?si=5yD1po5GUGfqzBTv

Two bowl game. We had tried a little of this before and had added a cone but this was 1st time doing in the basement so I started with earlier steps. https://youtu.be/N9WCtWuvsu4?si=50q4WKOl1_du1C6y

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We tried the Driving Ahead and Focus Forward and the teaching deceleration and turns. I need to work on my skills with the toy better and also need to do this in bigger location.

Drive ahead: https://youtu.be/Yyh3gVKgRhY?si=PjAOy0T06AvGY6nD

Deceleration: https://youtu.be/ovd_c5_xvZ0?si=LXhE_baJtK2HbamI

I did quick session with same toy as the games above and the foot target on the hat. It was hard to juggle the big toy and the hat. Got similar stopping after 2-3 foot targets. I will try it again.

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Thanks Tracy
Yes, he loves to tug. We have been working a lot of sits and downs. He has gotten rewarded for chilling on his mat a bit so maybe the hat is a small mat 😂. We have done a lot of hand touches.

Should I try these again and show you or move on to try the 1st two games? I think the drive ahead and focus will go well with the toy. He has been retrieving tugs for me to play with him more. Since his toy play seems higher than food I am not wow how the 2nd game will go.

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